Training
Basic spotter training
The Indianapolis NWS will be conducting "spotter talks", also known as basic spotter training, at various sites in the area. Several sessions have been scheduled already and are being announced on various nets and web sites. The official list of spotter talks will be maintained by the NWS staff and can be found here.
2008 Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium presentations
Here are the presentations from the 2008 Severe Weather Symposium.
2008 Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium
Submitted by siteadmin on December 6, 2007 - 12:54pm.Presentations from the Symposium have been posted here.
2008 brings the next installment of the Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium, an all day session geared towards providing more advanced information for severe weather spotters.
The 2008 symposium will be held on Saturday, March 1st, 2008, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, at the Valle Vista Conference Center, 755 E. Main St., Greenwood, Indiana, and is co-sponsored by the Central Indiana Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Service Indianapolis.
NWS Spotter Training Video
The Indianapolis NWS office has produced a spotter training video that you can view online. It's about 32 minutes long and covers many of the concepts presented in their live spotter talks. Take a look!
NWS Spotter Guides
Attached are spotter guides in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. These guides were produced by the National Weather Service and are getting a bit dated, but they still contain a wealth of information for the beginning and advanced severe weather spotter.
